Torturing Nurse/Hostage Pagaent review

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Phoned Nil Trio - Ar B Ok Alou 7" + c26 + Pro CD

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Phoned Nil Trio - Ar B Ok Alou 7" + c26 + Pro CD - RB-127

After a handful of cassettes, CDrs, online albums and a week long tour through the midwest and east coast, Phoned Nil Trio and a host of labels are proud to present the first major release from the group: “ar b ok alou,” a box set consisting of a pro-pressed cd, a pro-duplicated 26 minute cassette and a 7” vinyl record. On this release, the three headed monster consisting of Peter J Woods (industrial percussion, vocals and pedals), Neil Gravander (of Lucky Bone, tapes, vocals and turntables) and Dan Schierl (of Dan of Earth, modular synth) sputter and stammer ahead in a way that only PNT can muster. Harsh static blasts, piles of tape hiss, extremely low frequency oscillators and a host of other unworldly sounds awkwardly collide and just as awkwardly bolt for the exit. Sporadically, the group finally meshes, building towards collaged walls of auditory weirdness, only to have the rug torn from under their feet.


While “ar b ok alou” does work together as one whole piece, each individual element highlights a different take on the group’s sound. The cd focuses on the sparse, minimal side of PNT’s repertoire, filled with long stretches of silence followed by minimal crackles and quiet scrap metal abuse. The cassette features a lo-fi approach, filling the cassette with layers of tape hiss and bizarre samples. Finally, the 7” hits with blunt and heavy force, finding the group at their cut up, harsh and synthy best. All of these parts are housed inside of a barf-inducing collage of retro colors, awful fonts and truly absurd images. Enjoy! -Peter J Woods

Co-released with Blackhouse, Colbeck Labs, FTAM, MaxCorp Industries and Ursa Major.

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NEW EDIBLES AT THE RAINBOW CAMP

New uploads at the Rainbow Bridge Bandcamp page due to the out-of-print-ness of it all. Or the lack of ever printing a damn thing.

• MOSCOW WIRES/OK PUTRID SPLIT C20 "MATT BOETTKE'S TEARS"
• GROUND ZERO MOSQUE/INAPPROPRIATE KING LIVE/PREGNANT SPORE SPLIT C20 (800 WILD)
• FALSE FLAG "CORPORATISM" NET RELEASE (DATAHEX)
• JAMES DOUGLAS/+LESSONS SPLIT/COLLABORATION 3XCDR (EGYPTIAN TEA)

That's about it for now. Clog your hard drives and forget about the meaningfulness and genuine nature of holding a physical release in your hands.

CINCINNATUS C - SELF-TITLED CDR OUT NOW

Cincinnatus C - Self-Titled CDr - RB-130

One of the best strange-harsh-noise acts in existence. I've known Craig Hodgkins since he moved from Pittsburgh to Philly to DC to Pittsburgh again. Over this time, he has become one of my favorite singer/noise-writers of all time. Creative and deserving of a thousand times more recognition and praise. These pieces need your full attention to experience how they move. Sound clips do no justice for evolution. Undeniable growth in glitchy squeals and thin, sputtering, sparkling walls with a deep, emotive tinge. Movie clips, entrancing loops, chewy feedback manipulation, snuck-in melodic atmospheres, free-as-fuck speech. Careful concentration meets heavy anxiety. For fans of Chefkirk, Budweiser Sprite/Glom, Nkondi, Collapsed Arc/David Russell and Prurient. Comparisons can be unnecessary or unconvincing, but that's the best I can put it, and I believe it to be really fucking accurate.

Professionally printed, hand-numbered artwork on card-stock in clear plastic sleeves with hand-stamped CDrs. Limited to 50.

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& DOWNLOAD 2 OF CINCINNATUS C'S OUT-OF-PRINT ALBUMS HERE & HERE.

new pregnant spore/nodolby split is sold out, but you can get them from http://www.abeardofsnails.com (denmark).

a new cincinnatus c disc has been released. it's self-titled, it's anxious, confusing, and it hurts my brain. it's for sale in the order section >>>

working hard on the new batch. it's coming along painfully slow, but it's coming along. life has been absolutely nuts. i can barely stop phlegming up long enough to type a fucking sentence.

new things in store... cyber seduction, a heavy harsh noise project with drums/guitar/electronics. violation vulva and the monoxide. a dance-beat/free-form/experimental/noise quartet. mailing tons of orders. a very significant project: a c80 + c62 pregnant spore release. also, a small edition split with brian green coming out on his label. c20. harsh/dark sublabel of rainbow bridge is also launching soon. called "intrinsic display" and it will be manned by matt boettke. skin graft, vomit arsonist, lots of insane shit. stay chooned.

NEW DISTRO ITEMS: LESSONS, JAMES DOUGLAS, GLASGOW SPORE

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FOR THE NEXT HOWEVER LONG I FEEL LIKE DOING THIS, YOU CAN TAKE $3 OFF OF ANYTHING FOR SALE >>>HERE<<<. THAT MEANS MOST TAPES WILL BE $4 PPD.  OBVIOUSLY USING THE PAYPAL BUTTONS ON THE SITE WON'T GIVE YOU THIS DISCOUNTED PRICING, SO EMAIL ME AT RAINBOWBRIDGE AT IFITMOVESKISSIT DAWT NET WITH WHAT YOU WANT, AND I WILL GIVE YOU A TOTAL TO PAYPAL ME. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. GET CRAZY. BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO SEE SOME SEXY DOUBLE-CASSETTE BOXES AND VINYL AND MATERIAL FROM A LASSE MARHAUG COLLABORATION, NEW FILTH, AND SHIT LIKE THAT. PEACE. ~JML

Summon Thrull - Spire Hell Heap review

Moving to a local artist, Summon Thrull, who curiously isn't playing at the Debacle Fest this year. Dustin Kochel, the dude behind ST, also mastered the Hobo Cubes record above so there's some Seattle noise trivia to keep in your back pocket. Kochel dropped his first Summon Thrull CD-r back in 2009 and followed it up with last year's Debacle disc Spire Hell Heap (also released on cassette via Rainbow Bridge.) It's been a while since I've listened to Kochel's debut and I remember it being pretty good but I definitely think Spire Hell Heap is a more developed piece of work and it's pretty kickass to put it simply.
Kicking off with the introduction "Poison Arrow," it's a kind of audio molotov cocktail, 3 parts noise 1 part hip-hop. "Even the Horses are Cut in Half" never lets you settle for a second. Kochel tries to calm you down a little by spreading some keyboard plinks over of the top of arrhythmic thumps and dilapidated roars but a little keyboard shimmer only goes so far. I'm still feeling mighty uneasy. "Fang Venom Duct" cranks up the fuzz. There's a nice little hip-hop-style interlude before the thing just fuckin' erupts in nasty synths and crush 'em noise. The intro to "Illicium" sounds practically crunk, dude I love this shit! It's not as zonked as Yo-Yo Dieting and as far as I can tell Kochel isn't sampling rap songs but I sense a vague similarity. This is an icy club jam obliterated. "Skin Scrape" sounds like its title, creepy, rough and scabby. Some kind of hardware is being thrown around amongst spooky synth and whispers. The back half of the track gets scratchy as well with what sounds like layered field recordings of something trudging through the woods. "Rusted Pike Driver" brings back the beats while "Yellow Lab Blowjob" seethes and hisses with feedback. The title track is sort of a combination of those two, thudding beats but a shit ton of feedback caked on top. Kochel pulls the reigns just enough to momentarily reveal a song underneath before the electronic percussion starts pounding again. "Spider Mites" is much heavier on synths, they glide but, man, do they sting. There's no sort of aural relaxation going on here. The finale "Pregnant Leach Solution" (what is this pregnant leach problem?) begins with an aggressive chopper-blade synth and a bunch of bent bell tones. The kind of thing that might give you a concussion or a seizure or both. It fogs up your mind and not in that pleasant psychedelic way people speak about. People get institutionalized after listening to this kind of shit.
I think the disc could be trimmed down a little here or there, but in general I really love Kochel's vibe. He manages to be harsh without being "harsh," he does use distortion but he doesn't drown everything in it. It's more the volume, the mastering and the brute force of the sounds themselves and the off-kilter way Kochel attacks you with them. This isn't the kind of thing I like listening to everyday (or even every week) but every time I put this on I'm impressed by it's intensity and some of the unique pieces Kochel comes up with. I'm looking forward to seeing what Summon Thrull serves up with next.
The Hobo Cubes disc is sold-out but the Summon Thrull jammer (the cooler of the two in my opinion) is still readily available fromDebacle. Check 'em out! And also be sure to head out to Debacle Fest 2012 if you're in the Seattle-area this weekend.

Go to the review: http://auxiliaryout.blogspot.com/2012/05/hobo-cubes-timelessmindless.html